11 Nov 1864
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1864
Page
1
The piece denounces abolitionists for awaiting a four year presidency that will bring bloodshed, debt, conscription, high taxes, and loss of liberties. It argues they act against conscience and favor a moneyed aristocracy, condemning the nation to hardship while denying any celebratory mood.
A crusty dispatch complains telegraph lines are down and rail service failing, delaying mail and news. The writer declares going to press without any late reporting, expresses frustration at outages and the resulting public annoyance.
In JSerrengox Townsite the Democratic candidate won by 35 points, a clear margin after last year showing a smaller lead. The report notes a stronger party turnout and a shift in local support compared with the previous year.
The piece notes incomplete returns and expected changes from official tallies. Lincoln wins the city by about two thousand. Hogan leads in the First District by 1,542 on current figures. John Logan is the legally elected representative. Know’s defeat is overwhelming, reflecting Missouri Democrats' weakened position.
In Terre Haute on a Saturday evening Captain Kinman formerly of the Buntiu Tlouse shot and killed Dorr after Dorr accused him of an affair with Dorrs wife. Dorr waited at a hotel dining door with a pistol but Kinman was notified and Kinman fired first fatally wounding Dorr. Kinman was arrested and later acquitted.
A fragmentary report notes a central city pact involving Lerine £vorable and a Merald of Fiom as part of a local power shift. The readable text references a fleet and rooms in the city center, but many details are garbled and unclear.
In Bremen County Washington township including Waverly Lincoln holds a 124 vote majority amid a light turnout. Across Anamosa Jones County McClellan 180 Lincoln 217 Abolition 37. Democratic state ticket 186 Abolition 217 with 37 majority. County results show G W Parks 181 Dem Price 218 Abolition 37.
State notes report Burlington railroad shops producing first class passenger cars and freight cars, Des Moines to be lit by gas costing about 52000 dollars, Des Moines Valley Railroad extended to Leighton, soldiers die in St. Louis hospitals, and a fatal shooting of a Grandview Township youth with a pony gun discharge near Ma-piy.
The excerpt traces pin manufacture from handwork to machinery, noting 14 workers could produce 1500 pins per hour and children could paper thirty six thousand pins daily. It covers wartime price shocks, Greenwich village grievances, and the rise of American pin works in Waterbury and elsewhere with patents by Wright Howe Slocum Fowler.
On December 17, 1855 Francis Doyle of Dubuque city assigned all property for creditors to Charles Corkery who had left the state. On July 9, 1982 the Dubuque County Court removed Corkery as trustee and named the undersigned as assignee. Creditors must file claims with the undersigned as provided by law.
A fragmented item describes Ted Printing with two branches executing orders by distance and ensuring price and quality through prompt handling. The notice notes branches and customer satisfaction.
The article traces pin manufacture from early handcraft to machine era, noting sizes from large three inch pins to tiny insect pins used by entomologists. It mentions Gloucester starting pin work in 1662 with about fifteen hundred workers, London establishing ten years later, and Birmingham following, highlighting pin making as a remarkable early prodigy before machinery reshaped the industry.
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